RARE AND SCARCE BIRDS IN THE WESTERN PALEARCTIC (EXCLUDING THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND)
This website sets out to accurately document the rare birds of the Western Palearctic and to feature the latest news and information offering the browser a chance to see some of these individual birds. It solicits information from all countries within the designated area and welcomes photographic submissions for use with the text.

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With the addition of the EASTERN CROWNED WARBLER in South Tyneside in October 2009, Lee Evans' Western Palearctic List reached 850 species. Lee first started his travels in the region in 1976 and in the 34 years since, has visited all but the Cape Verde Islands, the Azores and the southern part of Mauretania. His most wanted bird is VERREAUX'S EAGLE - a species not seen despite 27 visits to Israel since 1980

About Me

I have been birding since 1969 but became obsessed with 'twitching' in 1974 and haven't looked back since. Have driven over 1.3 million miles in pursuit of rare birds in the UK, where to date I have recorded 588 species in Britain and Ireland. I also have a fascination for the Birds of the Western Palearctic, where I have currently recorded 880 of the 1,064 species ever recorded. I am widely travelled in North America, as well as in Africa and Asia, and have written at least 29 books on my chosen subject, including best-sellers ''Ultimate Site Guide to Scarcer British Birds' and 'Rare Birds in Britain 1800-1990'. Established the UK400 Club in 1981 to cater for the most obsessive of the British birding fraternity and now concentrate on online publishing, via the www.uk400clubonline.co.uk website. Record Birding achievements include recording 386 species in Britain & Ireland in 1996 and 627+ in the Western Palearctic in 2008